Buses packed with people fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine began a procession out of the city of Sumy on Tuesday, as a new effort to evacuate civilians along safe corridors got underway following previously failed attempts.
Russia's U.N. ambassador announced Monday night that the Kremlin would initiate a temporary cease-fire Tuesday morning to allow civilians to leave major Ukrainian cities. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's office said the Kremlin would only be believed when safe evacuations began. Prior attempts collapsed due to Russian shelling and, in some cases, routes that led to Russia and its ally Belarus.
But while the airstrikes take a mounting toll on both Ukrainian lives and infrastructure, they're also galvanizing international outrage over Russian President Vladimir Putin's actions. With the significant exception of China, no major economy has supported Putin's military gambit. The latest round of negotiations happened as the U.S.